Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2020/2141(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
2019 Discharge (debate)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that Rule 11 of the Rules of Procedure has introduced an obligation for rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and committee chairs to publish information on meetings held with interest representatives in the context of their reports; notes with satisfaction that, since the start of the new legislature, the necessary infrastructure has been available on Parliament’s website to allow Members to publish scheduled meetings with interested representatives in order to improve transparency; stresses, however, that the tool for publication of meetings needs further improvement in order to fulfil its function to make Parliament more open, transparent, and accountable to citizens;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Notes that 324 out of the 705 of current Members had published at least one meeting with an interest representative by 01 December 2020 on Parliament’s website; urges Parliament to take appropriate measures to ensure that all rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and committee chairs comply with the obligation to publish their lobby meetings, including by enhancing its communication towards Members about the obligation of publishing such information and to further encourage the publication of lobby meetings on Parliament’s website in all other cases as well;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Recalls nevertheless that the turnout remained too low in certain countries; considers that this type of communication campaign should be ongoing, with a particular focus on those countries;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79 a (new)
Paragraph 79 a (new)
79 a. Stresses that Parliament’s establishment plans have remained relatively stable since 2012, while at the same time increasing the number of temporary staff ; highlights the number of contract staff employed by the European Parliament has increased by 121% between 2012 and 2018 to compensate for the replacement of permanent staff, with a similar trend in 2019; notes the Court’s annual reports on the implementation of the Union budget for 2019 did not scrutinise whether these replacements have resulted from transfers of employees based in Strasbourg or Luxembourg to Brussels; calls on the Parliament’s human resources unit to share information on staff relocation at Parliament's three places of work since 2012, either as part of the annual discharge procedure or by sharing relevant information to the Court for inclusion in the next annual reports on budget implementation;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 a (new)
Paragraph 92 a (new)
92 a. welcomes that 100% of all A4 paper used in Parliament's offices is recycled and welcomes the significant decrease of paper purchase in 2019 compared to 2018; welcomes the Parliament's efforts to increase the number of paperless meetings and calls for more training to be ofered to all Members, staff and APAs about the paperless tools which have been created to enable less documents to be printed and for further communication campaigns;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 b (new)
Paragraph 92 b (new)
92 b. Calls for further ambitious actions to be undertaken swiftly and believes that the ultimate goal should be a Parliament free of single-use plastic;